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Better know a draft prospect: Jacob Lombard
Baseball scouts love bloodlines, and for good reason. Growing up around the game often provides a head start that can’t be taught, as Bobby Witt Jr. has demonstrated. Jacob Lombard is one of the top prospects for the MLB draft to be held on July 11 during All-Star Week, and he comes from one of […]
Kansas City Royals news: Seth Lugo’s Decade of Baseball
Yesterday’s game was no fun at all. Let’s pretend that didn’t happen. Earlier this week, Seth Lugo hit a major milestone. Jaylon Thompson writes about his career arc: Prior to the club’s series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, Lugo was recognized for his 10 years of Major League Baseball service time. […]
Kansas City Royals news: Seth Lugo’s Decade of Baseball
Yesterday’s game was no fun at all. Let’s pretend that didn’t happen. Earlier this week, Seth Lugo hit a major milestone. Jaylon Thompson writes about his career arc: Prior to the club’s series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, Lugo was recognized for his 10 years of Major League Baseball service time. […]
Royals nearly get no-hit, end up blasted by Rays
In an ugly display of baseball futility, the Royals dropped the series finale against the Tampa Bay Rays, 13-2. The Rays, utilizing their bullpen for the entire game, didn’t allow a Royals hit until the ninth inning when Carter Jensen hit a two-run home run, extending his hitting streak to 15 games. There really isn’t […]
Royals vs Rays, June 25 gamethread
Good…morning? Yes, good morning, everyone. To conclude their four-game series in St. Petersburg, the Royals and Rays face each other on this fine Thursday a.m. It’s not every day that you can watch baseball before noon–well, maybe it is if you live out west, but rare is this chance for Kansas Citians. At stake: the […]
Royals Reacts Results: Put Jac in the Derby!
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Earlier this week, we asked if y’all wanted to watch Jac Caglianone play in the home run derby […]
Kansas City Royals news: An early getaway day game
Jaylon Thompson of the Kansas City Star talked about how Jac Caglianone’s error on Wednesday night turned out to be rather costly. On Wednesday, the Royals got behind early. A costly error and some well-timed execution doomed the Royals in a 5-3 loss. In the third inning, the Rays scored two runs on an ill-advised […]
Royals fail to clinch the series in Tampa
The Royals did not cash in on early opportunities and the Rays did. Sometimes it is that simple. In the end the score was 5-3, but two of those three for Kansas City came because of an inning where the Rays made two back-to-back errors. The Royals had runners in scoring position in the 1st, […]
Royals vs. Rays June 24 game discussion
The offense is killing it right now despite losing the best three hitters from last season for varying lengths of time. In June it is the young guys carrying the load. Jac Caglianone’s wRC+ this month is 232! Carter Jensen is at 122. It has been fun to watch. If only this had started in […]
Do we owe Alec Zumwalt an apology?
I have never been a big league hitter. I received some hitting instruction as a youth, but it was mostly “keep your eye on the ball”, “be a hitter”, and “stop adjusting yourself down there so much.” Big leaguers get all sorts of more sophisticated hitting advice from not only their hitting coach, but the […]
Kansas City Royals news: Jac Caglianone is blasting the ball
Jac Caglianone had a huge two-homer night playing near his hometown, writes Jaylon Thompson. “It was pretty cool,” Caglianone said. “I had one of my best friends pretty close to home plate. So no, I hit it and I knew he was pretty fired up about it. It’s cool. You can see like on the […]
Jac Caglianone make puny ball go very far in Royals win
Tonight, the Kansas City Royals dismantled the Tampa Bay Rays in a cathartic 12-5 victory. It was a full-team showing, with Carter Jensen extending his hit streak to 14 games, Nick Loftin swatting a home run on a four-hit night, and Luinder Avila navigating his way through five tough innings of one-run ball in front […]
Royals vs. Rays June 23 game discussion
The Kansas City Royals play Spring Training in Arizona, but here in St. Pete, Florida, the lineup they’re running out might as well be a Spring Training lineup. No Bobby Witt Jr., no Maikel Garcia, no Kyle Isbel, no Vinnie Pasquantino, no Jonathan India, no Cole Ragans. That’s because all of those players are injured. […]
Royals anticipate surgery for Cole Ragans
Don’t expect Cole Ragans back anytime soon for the Royals. The All-Star left-hander has been out since May 6 with an elbow impingement, and the update provided by manager Matt Quatraro today was not exactly encouraging. The skipper indicated that they expect Ragans will need elbow surgery. The Royals will seek a second opinion, but […]
Royals Reacts Survey: Would you like to see Jac Caglianone in the Home Run Derby?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Jac Caglianone is fully in the running for AL player of the month for June, with […]
Royals place Maikel Garcia on the Injured List
Maikel Garcia has been banged up for the last month, and today the Royals finally placed him on the 10-day Injured List with a left hand muscle strain. Before that, Garcia had been dealing with a hamstring strain earlier this month. Infielder Josh Rojas was recalled from Triple-A Omaha. Garcia told reporters he had been […]
The Royals are avoiding using the injured list like it is made out of lava
In these divided times, there aren’t that many things that we can all agree on. But in Kansas City Royals land, there are at least a few: that Bobby Witt Jr. is the franchise’s best position player since George Brett, that keeping him healthy is important for the short and long term, and that it […]
This Week in the Minors: Kendry Chourio makes his Quad Cities debut
This Week in the Minors is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less-heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?” Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers (33-41, 13.5 games back) The Storm Chasers split their series on the road in […]
Kansas City Royals News: Bobby Witt Jr. works out
Brian Murphy at MLB mothership has an update on Bobby Witt Jr’s recovery. Bobby Witt Jr.’s sprained right knee kept him out of the Royals’ lineup for the third straight game Monday. But prior to the team’s series opener against the Rays, the star shortstop went through what manager Matt Quatraro called a “very encouraging” […]
Wacha, bullpen shut down Rays in close Royals victory
Michael Wacha went seven complete innings and gave up only one run in a 2-1 win over the Rays to open the four-game series. He was quite efficient – of those 21 outs in 7 innings, 16 of them were by strikeout (5) or groundout (11, including a double play). The only truly punished mistake […]
Royals at Rays 6/22 Game Discussion
Jac Caglianone had 5 hits, 4 of them homers, against the Cardinals this past weekend in a high-scoring series in which the Royals took 2 of 3 while scoring 30 runs. I hope the 32-46 Royals bring that offense to Tampa Bay to face off against the 43-31 Rays. It will be a four-game series […]
Rays series preview: Analytics has gone small ball
The Rays have been an analytical team for decades, maximizing the talent on their payroll-deprived roster for years. After five consecutive playoff appearances from 2019-23 that included a pennant, the team missed the playoffs in each of the last two seasons. But they have rebounded this year with a terrific start using an old formula […]
Jac Caglianone’s June Surge, Witt’s Injury, and a Record-Setting Royals Offense
The Kansas City Royals took the series from the St. Louis Cardinals, but the celebration comes with a significant asterisk with Bobby Witt Jr.’s injury as the conversation around player health in Kansas City is only getting louder. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco open with the series win and what it represents for a team […]
College summer leagues, and Royals development woes
A week ago, my wife and I checked out our local independent league team, the Waterloo Bucks. They play in the Northwoods League, a summer wood-bat college league. Friday night was perfect for baseball, 80 degrees and sunny with a slight breeze from the south. One of Waterloo’s players is MJ Sweeney, son of Royal […]
Kansas City Royals news: Salvy enjoys the World Cup
Stephen Kolek struggled from the start in his outing Sunday against the Cardinals. “Those days are going to happen,” Kolek said. “Ideally, they’re definitely not as bad as they were today.” The Cardinals sent eight batters to the plate in the first inning. In total, Kolek faced 15 batters, allowing nine hits and a walk. […]
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